青年期友情は長続きしないことが多いと言われる。

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English Translation

It is said that adolescent friendships do not often last.

Furigana

青年期(せいねんき)友情(ゆうじょう)は長続(ながつづ)きしないことが多(おお)いと言(い)われる。

Romanji

Seinenki yūjō wa nagatsuzukishinai koto ga ōi to iwareru.

Words

青年期 (せいねんき)

adolescence

友情 (ゆうじょう)

friendship; fellowship; camaraderie

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

長続き (ながつづき)

permanence; continuation; long-lasting; to last a long time; to continue; to keep at something for a long time

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

多い (おおい)

many; numerous

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

言う (いう、ゆう)

to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise